2 Kings 17:15-19
2 Kings 17:15
They rejected His statutes and His covenant which He made with their fathers, and His warnings which He gave them. And they followed idols and became empty, and followed the nations that surrounded them, about which the Lord had commanded them not to do as they did.
2 Kings 17:16
And they abandoned all the commandments of the Lord their God and made for themselves cast metal images: two calves. And they made an Asherah, and worshiped all the heavenly lights, and served Baal.
2 Kings 17:17
Then they made their sons and their daughters pass through the fire, and they practiced divination and interpreting omens, and gave themselves over to do evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking Him.
2 Kings 17:18
So the Lord was very angry with Israel, and He removed them from His sight; no one was left except the tribe of Judah.
2 Kings 17:19
Judah did not keep the commandments of the Lord their God either, but they followed the customs which Israel had introduced.